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USE FOR REMTELY CONNECTING TO A UNIX BOX N USE REMOTE APPLICATIONS..... YA CAN DOWNLOAD FREE XSERVER FROM http://www.thecyborg.com/howto/xserver.html >Fred, >I actually use Cygwin/XFree86 to run xfig on my laptop while I am doing >my math and computer science homework at the library. That is the most >useful local app that I use. Other than that I tend to open XDMCP >sessions to my linux boxen so that I can login and use KDE. That's >about it. >Harold >fred wrote: > Hello, > > I just ran Xfree86. Very, very nice. > Just like sitting on the sun boxes > at school. All the twm setup files > and Xresources work the same. It was > so alike (and tons faster) that I got > carried away and starting to invoke > apps like I do from school. That's > where the similarity ended. All the > apps fired up outside of Xwindows. > That's OK, my relationship with windows > is one of like-hate. It has some pretty > handy features, but I tear my head off > about some things. > > But, given that cygwin's X runs within > Windows, and any apps you invoke fire > up in MS windows (that's the way it > should be because the apps were written > to use the MS windows features), what > do people actually use X for? I've > found that despite the mighty coolness, > all I do is open up an xterm and start > an ssh tunnel to school, with port > forwarding. Then I do everything else > from MS windows. With the virtual > scrolling of the touchpad, and the > rather effortless cut-and-paste, I > don't mind it at all. But it sort of > makes me wonder....why? > > Fred > > P.S. This is not a knock down of X > on cygwin, I think it's really cool. > It's astounding that it was even > possible. I'm wondering if I'm not > making as much use of it as I could. >